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Article: BUSH BACKS HIS NOMINEE: 'THERE'S NO WAVERING' ON THOMAS WHITE HOUSE MAPS NEW CONFIRMATION FIGHT.(Main)

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October 10, 1991
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As the Senate Judiciary Committee prepared to reopen hearings on Judge Clarence Thomas, a determined President Bush rushed to support his Supreme Court nominee Wednesday.

The White House mapped a counterattack to present Thomas as a family man with greater credibility than the woman accusing him of sexual harassment.

"I've got strong feelings, but they all end up in support for Clarence Thomas," said Bush, who drew the nominee out of the seclusion in which he had been weathering the sudden storm over his nomination and brought him to the White House for a high-profile meeting.

Speaking to reporters at a ...

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